Poster of the order prohibiting the sale of firearms, Ireland, 1917.
Poster printed by Falconer, Dublin, Ireland, 1917.
The poster contains an order issued during World War One by Lieutenant-General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, representing the ‘Competent Military Authority’. The order, dated 31 March 1917, aimed to prevent Irish Republican forces obtaining weaponry to use against the forces of the Crown. The order prohibits ‘the manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, or disposal of firearms, parts of firearms, military arms, parts of military arms, air guns and air rifles, ammunition (including sporting ammunition for use in shotguns) or explosive substances or any class thereof, within the area of Ireland’.